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The very successful trip to The Broads for my case achieving compensation for the damage to my Blue Peter dinghy and then on to Cromer for a sea food before a trip to Wroxham and on to Brundall for boat discussions. This evening to study my Reliant registration documents and handbook. The Nacods pit deputy strike shuts down nearly all of the coal industry, Chancellor Lawson scares the stock market with a 1% interest rate rise, Britoil seems all set to be taken over by BP, more Palestinians are shot by Israeli troops and our own Ulster ‘shoot to kill’ policy is revealed by John Stalker
Diana had gone to bed very early last night, but I had sat with her for a while beforehand and made our peace. I was up later, getting things ready for this morning’s early start; clothes all hung up, briefcase packed etc. I was awoken at 6.15am, up by 6.30pm and sitting at breakfast for 6.55am. The long journey to North Walsham, Norfolk, took from 7.15am to 9.45am and I parked in the Police Station car park in time to be outside the Magistrate’s Court for 9.50am. Met the solicitor representing the Great Yarmouth P&IY Authority and went in before long for the case. The defendant had not replied to the charges, or bothered to turn up, and so the prosecution evidence went unchallenged. The Magistrate fined him £200 for his river offence and ordered costs of £75 for me, £175 for the River Authority and then ordered restitution for the £600-odd of my Blue Peter dinghy hull.